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Corruption and Mahama’s gift: lessons to consider as a nation

by Kwabena Opong Joy FM Journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni’s brilliant investigation into the gift of a Ford Expedition car offered President John Mahama by Burkinabe contractor and businessman Djibril Kanazoe generates a number of concerns that every Ghanaian must be ashamed of. It is not something that should merely be subjected to radio and television […]

“One Nation Under Gun”

By Uchenna Ekwo Omar Mateen, the 29 year-old American who last Sunday opened fire on fellow citizens at a gay night club in Orlando, Florida has once more thrown the entire country into another round of debate about gun control and gun safety in a presidential election year. Omar, born in Queens New York by […]

Researchers find game-changing helium reserve in Tanzania

By Tiffany Ap, CNN   Helium may best be known as the lighter-than-air gas used to fill party balloons, but it’s also key to medical applications like MRI scans and for nuclear power. For years, there have been global shortages of the element — Tokyo Disneyland was once forced to suspend sales of its helium […]

Travelling the World With The Reggae Chefs®

The Reggae Chefs first delivered Jamaica to your doorsteps, now they are taking you on a Journey tasting the world in search of their Jamaican roots. New York, NY, June 20, 2016 What do you get when you pair an innovative business concept with an equally innovative cultural project? You get to experience world cultures […]

Give a woman the chance – Konadu Agyemang Rawlings

Former First Lady of Ghana, Nana Agyemang Konadu Rawlings, has asked Ghanaians to trust Ghana in the hands of a woman. She said men have been tried and tested in leadership positions and it is high time women assumed the helm of affairs and turn people’s lives around for the better. Mrs. Agyemang Rawlings made […]

US threatens to cut over $500 million aid to Ghana

The US government has threatened to cut about $500 million in private investments intended to help shore-up the dipping fortunes of the Electricity Company of Ghana, if the government remains unconcerned about curbing the threat of modern forms of slavery. The US Ambassador to Ghana Robert Jackson has told Starr News his country, may be […]

Ethiopian Airlines now flies direct from Newark, NJ to Lome, Togo

by Kofi Ayim After fourteen years of absence in the New York Metro Area, the fastest growing airline in Africa has resumed a direct flight service to West Africa. The Newark City – Lome three times a week flight has been on the drawing board for the past twenty years, according to Group Chief Executive […]

Ghana’s Center for Plant Medicine plays major role in health care

by Kwabena Opong Plant medicine otherwise known as herbal medicine in Ghana has long been and would continue to be the most accessible and reliable component of health care delivery in Ghana. This assessment was made by Mr. Barffuor Osei Akoto, head of Public Relations at the Center for Plant Medicine Research at Mampong Akwapim […]

President Mahama caught in flagrante delicto

By Kwabena Opong Ghana’s President John Dramani  Mahama, after unthinkingly prejudicing himself with a car gift from a Burkinabe contractor who sought for and benefited from Mahama’s friendship has set in motion a propaganda machinery that is aimed at legitimizing a shameful act. Some who would defend the president as corrupt have been shamed into […]

UN opposed to social media ban in Ghana – Ibn Chambas

Myjoyonline.com The United Nations (UN) says it is opposed to any idea to restrict social media access in Ghana ahead of the November polls. The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas said such an attempt is aimed at restricting the democratic space which […]

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